WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) successfully defended his title with a brilliant tenth round stoppage of the interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Valero suffered a BIG cut on his forehead in round two which was called accidental by the referee but In typical Valero fashion he came into the bout looking like a wounded animal, aggressive and ferocious. In fact the Venezuelan was impressive from the start as he pressured and outboxed DeMarco in every round. After eight rounds of boxing the scoring was wide with Valero leading 79-72 on all three of the judges scorecards. After an extremely one sided round nine in favour of the champion, DeMarco on the advice of his corner remained on his stool at the beginning of the tenth round refusing to take anymore damage and was left a broken fighter to give Valero his second successful defence.

"My physical strength started to show," Valero said after the fight. "Little by little, I started gaining ground. The first three or four rounds I couldn't hit him with my jab, but then I started to connect."

When asked if a match up with Manny Pacquiao was a possibility Valero stated "That's the fight the world wants to see," and we for one at TopClassBoxing would love to see this bout happen.

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Unbeaten welterweight Luis Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Richard Gutierrez (24-4-1, 14 KOs). Abregu was in fact dropped by a left hook in round two, but got up to return the favour to Gutierrez in round three. Scores were 98-90, 97-91, 97-91.

Michel Rosales (27-3, 22KO) stopped Orlando “Torito” Escobar (10-6, 5KO) in the fifth round.

Arely Mucino (10-0-1, 7KO) scored a unanimous decision over Anahi Torres (4-6, 1KO) in a flyweight six rounder. Scores were 59-56 three times.

Marvin Quintero (19-2, 15KO) scored a second round knockout of Luis “Tribi” Gonzalez (19-2, 12KO) in a lightweight bout.

Jose Luis Zertuche (21-5-3, 16KO) stopped Antonio Arras (20-6, 14KO) after Arras developed a cut in the third round. The ringside doctor stopped the bout in the sixth and final round at the 17 second mark. Zertuche was en command through out the bout.

Light middleweight Michael Medina (22-1-2, 18KO) scored a first round knockout of Roberto Valenzuela (29-49-2, 23KO).

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KATHY DUVA, CEO MAIN EVENTS:

Tomasz has to win against Jason Estrada before he can realize his dream of being the heavyweight champion. It’s a tremendous fight, people are watching it closely. We are delighted to be promoting it.

A lot of people are asking me why Tomasz took this fight. It is one of those fights where it seems as if we brought in a young guy who pretty much plays to Tomasz’s “not so strengths”; I don’t want to say weaknesses because I don’t think Tomasz has any of those! Jason’s got strength, he’s got speed, he’s got movement. He’s got a lot of the things that have given Tomasz problems in the past. This fight will give Tomas a good opportunity to deal with all those things.

Tomasz is never afraid, he amazes me. He goes into each fight calm and cool, and always confident that he will win. We all believe in him. We know he will give us another great fight, in exciting Adamek fashion and add another victory to his record.

THOMASZ ADAMEK

I never underestimate anyone, ever. This is boxing; you have to be prepared every time because you can lose not only the fight but also your health. I know what’s at stake on Saturday – for me and for Jason.

I’m always asked if I feel worthy to be in the heavyweight division and my answer always is – just watch me fight and you’ll know the answer. I don’t expect anybody to respect me because I was champion in two other weight classes – just enjoy what you see when I’m in the ring. I did not lose any strength as compared to being a light heavyweight or cruiser weight. Contrary – fighting at my natural weight helped me be a better boxer. I expect to weigh around 222 pounds for the fight. That’s natural weight and power, zero loss of energy.

Mine will be a great mix of European and American style boxing because of my two trainers – Roger Bloodworth and Andrzej Gmitruk.

Jason is a very unorthodox fighter for this weight class, buy I always believed that no matter who I’m fighting against, it is up to me if I win or lose. I know his strengths; I’m sure he thinks he knows my weaknesses. But whatever we are saying now makes no difference whatsoever. You can prove yourself in only one way – by winning. And this is exactly what I intend to do on Saturday. Don’t blink, don’t miss a second.

I will win.

JASON ESTRADA:

Funny thing is when I was playing video games as a light heavyweight I was always playing as Tomasz Adamek. Loved his style and I still love what he did in light heavy and cruiserweight division. But this is different story, he’s among big boys now and it will be over his head to fight people like me. Experience, ring ability – everything is on my side. He’s making a big error thinking that beating aging Golota makes him a good heavyweight. Not at all.

I also understand that he has to say the things he’s saying – about putting me on canvas, talking about other fights after fighting me. He has to believe it, but believing and doing it are two different things.

This was my best training camp ever – by far. More than 8 weeks of very hard work, no injuries, no problems. I’m in my prime, I have to prove this now and help Adamek to fight Steve Cunningham again – as a cruiserweight. After this fight he will be finished in my division. I will prove that those are not just words this coming Saturday.

JIMMY BURCHFIELD, CES:

Main Events is the greatest promotion company in the whole sport. They only made one mistake; and that was picking Jason Estrada!”

I want to thank all of the Polish people that have come here to support Tomasz Adamek, but Jason “Big Six” Estrada is fighting for United States of America. He’s fighting for his classmates of the 2004 Olympians. He’s fighting for every future, past and present Olympian. We don’t come to this fight as an opponent. We come to fight, we come to win.

I see some of the media and HBO looking past Jason Estrada. You are all making a big, big, big mistake. Jason’s won every amateur title you can imagine. He’s fought the real fighters, so this is going to be a real fight.

Ricky Hatton is on the hunt for a new training team ahead of his comeback.

The Hitman has parted ways with Lee Beard, an integral part of his corner - and brother Matthew's trainer.

Beard has left the United Kingdom to take up a training appointment in America, with reports suggesting he will taking charge of former super-featherweight world champion, Joan Guzman.

It leaves Hatton, who is likely to return to action in May or June, searching for a new mentor after Floyd Mayweather Snr's ill-fated reign ended immediately the devastating two-round KO at the hands of Manny Pacquiao.

"Lee has strong family connections in America and we fully understand his wish to move out there," said a Team Hatton statement.

"As far as Ricky is concerned he has not made any decision as to who will be replacing Floyd Mayweather senior as his trainer and he will address this issue on his return from holiday.

"Lee Beard has taken up a training appointment in America and will no longer be connected with Hatton Promotions Ltd, Ricky Hatton or Matthew Hatton.

"In the meantime Ricky, Matthew and everyone in the Hatton Camp wish Lee every success for the future."

Six-time world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather has today made his upcoming fight with welterweight Sugar Shane Mosley official when he signed the contract that will see the two men face off on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.

“This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn’t going to waste anyone’s time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately,” said Mayweather. “I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won’t be great enough to beat me.”

“I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true,” said Mosley, who signed his side of the deal last Friday in Las Vegas. “I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him.”

In addition to the fight being one of the most competitive and talked about contests in each of the fighters’ careers, Mayweather and Mosley have agreed to Olympic-style drug testing for the fight.

“Floyd has been trying to make this fight for the last 10 years, so he is extremely excited about the opportunity to face Shane,” said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO, Mayweather Promotions. “He can’t wait to extend his undefeated record and perform at the highest level. More importantly, he is also happy to set the precedent for random blood testing in order to ensure fair and safe contests for all fighters.”

“When two champions of this caliber meet in the ring, you can expect nothing but excellence and that is what we are going to see on May 1,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO, Golden Boy Promotions. “Shane Mosley is one of the greatest fighters of this era and I commend him for not only agreeing to the fight against Mayweather, but also agreeing to participate in a testing process that can only help the integrity of the sport.”

“Mayweather-Mosley is a showdown of superstars that fans have been talking about for years”, said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. “It has all the elements of a pay-per-view mega-fight.”

A 1996 Olympic Bronze medalist for the United States, Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO’s) has since gone on to strike Gold in the professional ranks, winning six world titles in five weight classes to firmly establish himself as one of the most elite fighters of his era. With dominating wins over the likes of world champions Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah, Oscar de la Hoya and Ricky Hatton, Mayweather was on a meteoric rise to hall of fame greatness when he announced his retirement from the ring in 2008. But he left the door open for a return if the right challenge presented itself and after 18 months of a much needed physical and emotional break from the ring, he returned to boxing on September 19, 2009 with a dominating and spectacular victory over future Hall of Famer Juan Manuel Marquez.

A future Hall of Famer with five world titles to his name, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) has ruled the lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight divisions over his storied 16-year career and at 38 years old, the Pomona, Calif. native seems to be getting better and better as the years pass. Winner of seven of his last eight fights dating back to 2005, Mosley has defeated the likes of Fernando Vargas (twice), Luis Collazo and Ricardo Mayorga, but his most recent victory also was one of his most spectacular — a ninth round stoppage of Antonio Margarito in January 2009 to win the welterweight world title for the third time.

The 12-round welterweight battle is a highly competitive match-up that already has sports fans across the world buzzing to see two of the sport’s biggest names meet in the squared circle in the premier boxing match-up of 2010.?

More information on Mayweather vs. Mosley, including ticket prices, HBO Pay- Per- View information and press tour dates and cities, will be announced shortly.